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Instrumental
All Set, from Boston, consists of Brad Slate on electronic violin, Sadeeq Holmes on keyboards and synthesizers, Chris Plachowicz on electric bass with Mark Ostrowski and Skye Snyder on drums and percussion. The psychoactive music raises audience consciousness to a trance level in which wild dervish-like dancing occurs. All Set produces sound that is energetic, deep, hypnotizing, and at times frenetic.
Jill Sharer of the L.A. Weekly reported from a concert, "All Set picked the audience up off the ground, and refused to let their feet touch the floor again for four hours. This band holds the key to something deep."
They released their first CD, "Baker`s Dozen" in January of 1998.
All Set Backgrounder
All Set is made up of musicians who are dedicated to creating passionately improvised music and bringing this creation to the stage. The ultimate purpose of All Set is to provide people with mesmerizing music that is always different and evolving, and to provide an opportunity for people to experience sound that is energetic, deep, hypnotizing, and at times frenetic. The Music they create is psychoactive and trance inducing.
All Set was created as a vehicle to explore the interactive, improvisational process between musicians.
Each of the members bring their own unique musical culture to All Set, creating fertile ground for their extended improvisations. The members want the sound they make to exist in a continual state of change, never the same.
They strive for an ideal of sound, a combination of their musical personalities that is unique. They try to play the sound that`s "in the air," as if it were hanging fruit waiting to be picked. flavor of the sound is influenced by the
environment it1s created in. An All Set outdoors show sounds very different from a nightclub performance.
o The Middle East
o The Western Front
o Swindler1s
o The M-80 Room
o Club 3
o The Boston-Tea-Party Boat
o Bill`s Bar
All Set is now concentrating on evolving to the regional and national levels of performance in an effort to bring their
musical exploration to wider and wider audiences.
1. What is "All Set"?
All Set is a group of psychoactive music makers consisting of
o Brad Slate - Electronic/MIDI Violin
o Sadeeq Holmes - Keyboards and synthesizers
o Chris Plachowicz - Electric Bass
o Mark Ostrowski - Drums & Percussion
o Skye Snyder - Percussion & Drums
2. How long have they been together?
The band has been together approximately 1 year. The members bring almost 50 years of combined musical experience to All Set.
3. What is "psychoactive music"?
Pyschoactive music is a type of music in which the audiences` awareness is heightened to that of a moderate trance by the music. It has been popular in Europe for over a decade as seen by the long careers of bands like Ozric Tentacles, Hawkwind, and more recently in the U.S. by bands like Phish.
4. Who comes to "All Set`s" shows?
People who like to have fun and have an active sense of adventure are most typical. Many people come for the
free-form dancing that often occurs.
5. Where have they played?
All Set has played many of Boston`s premier night clubs since its inception including
o The Middle East
o The Western Front
o Swindler`s
o The M-80 Room
o Club 3
o The Boston-Tea-Party Boat
o Bill`s Bar
The band has also played at area Universities MIT and NHIT.
6. What makes them unique?
All Set plays improvised psychoactive music which can take players and listeners into a trance state. Their music is always different depending on the mood of the band and the vibe of the venue. This gives them a large regular-crowd as the music is always fresh and interesting.
7. Where are they going?
All Set is heading for national acclaim. As 104.9 FM DJ Rock Mallone said, "It`s only a matter of time before the
nation is asking itself are you All Set? I see stadiums in your future."
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